Boys bowling

Streator’s team, Ottawa’s Thumm to sectionals: At Illinois Valley Super Bowl, the Streator Bowlin’ Bulldogs advanced as a team via a fourth-place finish, and Ottawa’s Bentley Thumm moved on as an individual to this coming weekend’s Morris Sectional.

Tyson Kolojay’s 1,158 series (217 high game), Cody Taylor’s 1,151 (247), Brayden Bradley’s 1,081 (193), Konner Dulabhan’s 1,015 (196) and Zach Minick’s 964 (183) added up to the Bowlin’ Bulldogs’ first sectional appearance as a team since 2014, according to coach Nancy Longnecker.

“Just play and keep my mind off the scores,” Kolojay said.

“We’re excited, a little surprised. Our third bowler is out hurt right now, so I didn’t think we’d make it out, but we did. We made it out.”

Bentley Thumm, meanwhile, claimed the ninth of 10 advancing spots thanks to his 1,107 series (231 high game), the Ottawa sophomore saving his best two games for last.

• Read J.T. Pedelty’s full report on this event at www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley.

Boys basketball

Woodland 54, Putnam County 37: At the Warrior Dome, the Warriors led 16-13 after one quarter, 31-21 at halftime and 42-28 heading to the fourth quarter in the Tri-County Conference triumph over the Panthers on Friday.

Woodland (12-6, 5-0) was led by Nate Berry (21 points), Jaron Follmer (19 points) and Nolan Price (12 points). Berry and Price each made four 3-pointers.

Newark 74, Earlville 25: At Newark, the Norsemen (11-7, 6-0) stayed unbeaten in Little Ten Conference play with the win over the Red Raiders.

Reggie Chapman poured in 27 points for Newark while Jimmy Kath added 14 points.

Colton Fruit topped Earlville (1-16, 1-5) with 17 points.

Serena 47, Somonauk 29: At Serena, the Huskers (10-8, 4-2) defeated the Bobcats in the LTC contest.

Wyatt Stone led Serena with 14 points, with Cash Raikes (21 rebounds) and Ethan Stark each posting nine points. Payton Twait added seven points and seven assists.

Kaden Geers-Clason led Somonauk (6-14, 3-3) with 11 points

Leland 88, LaMoille 58: At Leland, the Panthers (8-9. 1-4) rolled to the LTC victory.

Declan Brennen led Leland with 25 points and 16 rebounds. Gunnar Swenson had 19 points, Jackson Torman added 16 points and Tristan Garcia chipped in 12 points.

Woodstock 49, Sandwich 40: At Woodstock, the Indians (5-14, 1-4) dropped the Kishwaukee River Conference game.

Griffin Somlock led with Sandwich with 11 points.

Pittsfield 59, Seneca 39: At Seneca, the Fighting Irish (7-11) fell short against the Saukees.

Ridgeview 49, Flanagan-Cornell 23: At Ridgeview, the Falcons dropped the Heart of Illinois Conference game.

Dee-Mack 59, Fieldcrest 50: At Mackinaw, the Knights fell in the HOIC game.

Streator 55, Herscher 49: At Herscher, the visiting Bulldogs (7-9 overall, 6-1 ICE) received a game-high 26 points from junior Brennen Stillwell to go with 11 from LA Moton and six courtesy of Christian Bruton to score the Illinois Central Eight Conference win and snap a seven-game losing streak.

“We’re very pleased and ready to tackle the rest of the year,” Streator coach Beau Doty said. “We just needed that feeling again.”

• Read Derek Barichello’s full report on this game at www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley.

Sycamore 62, Ottawa 53: At Kingman Gym, the host Pirates led by 11 points going into the fourth quarter, but were outscored 25-5 to fall to 8-7 overall, 1-3 in the Interstate 8 Conference.

“We just turned the ball over too many times in the fourth quarter,” Ottawa coach Mark Cooper said. “Those live-ball turnovers let them play with freedom, and we weren’t able to get set defensively.”

Ottawa was led by junior Jack Carroll with 12 points, three rebounds and a steal. Senior Hezekiah Joachim added 11 points, three assists and two steals.

• Read Bill Freskos’ full report on this game at www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley.

Marquette 65, St. Bede 60: At Peru, the Crusaders held on for the road victory led by 21 points from Luke McCullough and a team-high 24 courtesy of Alec Novotney.

It looked as if Marquette would cruise to the win, but the Bruins came storming back, getting as close as four points twice in the final minute.

“It got a little sketchy there for a minute, but I knew we were going to be able to dog it out,” McCullough said.

• Read Kevin Chlum’s full report on this game at www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley.

Girls basketball

St. Bede 50, Marquette 38: At Peru, the Crusaders trailed throughout the Tri-County Conference loss, with SBA’s Savannah Bray scoring 27 points.

The Crusaders got as close as 36-34 on a 3-pointer by Hunter Hopkins, but St. Bede led 38-34 after three quarters and pulled away in the fourth as the Bruins only allowed Marquette to make four free throws in the final eight minutes.

Kaitlyn Davis scored 28 points for Marquette, with Hopkins adding eight.

• Read Kevin Chlum’s full report on this game at www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley.

Girls wrestling

Marquette’s Deibel places fifth at Batavia: At the Batavia Tournament, the Crusaders’ Lily Deibel went 4-1 and finished in fifth place at 105 pounds.